Staff Motion Planning Engineer for Autonomous Ground Ops

AeroVect; Poland; On-site; PLN 240,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVect is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to design and build planning systems for autonomous ground support in airports. You will own mission, behavior, and motion planning across the full stack, tackling optimization, decision-making under uncertainty, and real-time constraints.

You will collaborate with perception, controls, localization, and systems teams to deliver an integrated autonomous driving system and promote safety-focused software practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Math, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Physics, or related field.
• Hands-on experience designing planning modules for autonomous systems deployed in production.
• Strong programming skills in C++ (preferred) or Python; Linux experience.
• Ability to solve ambiguous technical problems and deliver well-architected solutions independently.
• Excellent communication, proactiveness, and ownership.

Responsibilities

• Design and iterate on the mission, behavior, and motion planners for autonomous ground support equipment in airport environments.
• Drive key technical decisions across the planning stack, define interfaces, and set architecture.
• Prototype and evaluate planning approaches and bring best ideas to production.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with perception, controls, localization, and systems engineering teams.
• Promote best practices in software development, functional safety, and systems engineering.
• Mentor other engineers through guidance, code reviews, and design discussions.

Skills

C++ programming

Python programming

Linux

Software architecture

Mentorship

Communication

Autonomous planning

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Math/EE/ME/Robotics/Physics

Tools

ROS/ROS2

DDS middleware

Job description

AeroVect is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to design and build planning systems for autonomous ground support in airports. You will own mission, behavior, and motion planning across the full stack, tackling optimization, decision-making under uncertainty, and real-time constraints.

You will collaborate with perception, controls, localization, and systems teams to deliver an integrated autonomous driving system and promote safety-focused software practices.